Door



Jan. 15, 1952 SYLVAN 2,582,467

DOOR Filed Feb. 20, 1948 2 SHEETS-SHEET l 72 70 so A6 5 72 86 3 68 36 42 /4Q 7 I a4 62 i I 7 a2.

I4 as IN V EN TOR. (/OJEPH 5 mA/ ATTORNEYS J. SYLVAN Jan. 15, 1952 DOOR 2 SHEETS-SHEET 2 Filed Feb. 20, 1948 5 w m A N T V R mm Mm m5 MN 5 5 m3 Patented Jan. 15, 1952 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE DOOR Joseph Sylvan, Berkley, Mich. Application February 20, 1948, Serial No. 9,691 V 2 Claims.

frame, which is of strong and sturdy construction, which will not sag or get out of shape, which is of light weight and which presents an attractive appearance.

I Another object is to provide an improved door of the screen and/or storm door type and wherein thin lightweight metal sheets are secover the wood frameand also to provide a door which is braced against sagging or distortion and the outer frame of which is a composite of wood frame and metal sheets.

Another object is to provide a door of the character described built up of a composite of wood framing and metal sheets and wherein nails or other securing means are employed to fasten the wood frame pieces together and to secure the metal sheets to such wood frame, which securing means are completely concealed by metal channel members received over the edges of the door covering the edges of the wood frame and also covering the edges of the metal sheets secured to said wood frame.

Another object is to provide a door of the character described which is built up of a wood frame and metal sheets and panel sections secured to and covering the frame and wherein marginal metal channel members are adjustably received over certain edges of the door to vary a dimension of the door to make the door fit a door opening. This adjustment may be accomplished by merely adjusting a metal channel over the edge of the door. Such metal channel also covers the nails or other securing means employed to fasten the composite door together and to secure the metal sheets to the wood frame of the door.

Preferably metal channel members are received over the two side margins and the top and bottom margins of the door and grippingly held in place thereon but are adjusted thereover to vary the width of the door and to vary other dimensions thereof.

In one well known door in which this invention is illustrated as embodied, the door is provided with one or more openings in the upper half within which screen sash or window sash may be removably mounted. The construction of the door is such that the edges of the frame members surrounding such openings are covered by metal channel members received thereover.

Themarginal channel members which are cured over a wood frame so as to completely mounted over the edges of the sash opening may be'shaped to provide integral flange portions projecting into the sash opening and adapted to serve as a sash stop for a window or screen sash. Such marginal channel members also cover the edges of the wood frame and the edges of the metal sheets secured thereto as well as the securin means employed.

Another object is to provide a sash opening frame .having "a frame member defining one margin of the sash opening and wherein a metal channel is received over said margin and such channel is provided with an integral flange projecting into the sash opening and adapted to serve as a sash stop.

Other objects, advantages and meritorious features of this invention will more fully appear from the following description, claims and accompanying drawings, wherein:

Fig. 1 is an elevation of a door embodying this invention partly broken away to exhibit the interior structure, 7

Fig. 2 is an enlarged view of a corner of a sash opening in the door structure shown in Fig. 1,

Fig. 3 is a vertical sectional view taken on the line 3-3 of Fig. 1,

Fig. 4 is a horizontal sectional view taken on the line 4-4 of Fig. 1,

Fig. 5 is a fragmentary vertical sectional vie taken on the line 5-5 of Fig. 1,

Fig. 6 is a vertical sectional view taken on the line 6-4; of Fig. 4,

'Fig. 7 is a horizontal sectional view taken on the line 1-4 of Fig. 1,

Fig. 8 is a fragmentary horizontal sectional view taken on the same line as Fig. 4 through a hinge portion of the door but showing a modified form of construction, and

Fig. .9 is a fragmentary perspective of an upper corner of a door embodying the invention.

This improved door is of a composite structure in that it includes wood frame members and metal sheets mounted upon the frame so as to completely cover the frame. The wood frame includes a pair of vertical wood stiles l2 and I4 held in spaced apart relationship by cross frame members. There is a bottom cross frame member I6, a top cross frame member i8, an upper intermediate cross frame member 28 (Fig. 3), and a lower intermediate cross frame member 22 (Fig. 1). The top and bottom cross frame members are notched at the ends as shown in Fig. 1 in connection with the bottom cross frame members l6 so that the stile ends are received in such notches and nails which wood frame for a door designed to exhibit upper and lower sash receiving openings as shown particularly in Fig. 1.

In the particular embodiment of the door illustrated in the drawings a pair of metalsheets 2'6 and 28 are secured to opposite sides of the door at the bottom by nails 30.

light weight and will not corrode and through which nails can, be readily. driven. Metal plates 32 andS-l are secured to opposite sides of the stile member I iby similar nails 30. These metal plates and theothers hereinafter described and employed for similar purpose are also preferably formed of thin aluminum sheet or other suitable similar material Metal plates Stand 38 are secured to opposite sidesof the stile l2 by nails 30 as indicated, Metal plates Wand 62 are secured to opposite sides of, the frame header is by nails 30 as indicated,

It will be ,noted in Figs. 4 and 7 that the metal sheets which aresecured to the stiles l2 and M 811011.315 hem a latesitan 28 on o pos t sides of the lower end of the door. and the metal Di l-Q 5. 32 and 34 on opposite sides of one stile and the metal plates Si-and 38 on opposite sides of the other stiledo not extend flush with the vertical margin of the stilel l but are spaced inwardly therefrom so as topermit a portion of the stile to project outwardly beyond the margins of the stile plates as shown at 44 in Figs. 4 and 7.

Metal channel members are provided to be received over the marginsof the door overlapping the metal plates. lvlIetal channels; may be so formed as to grippingly engage the opposite sides of the door. As shown in the figures of the drawing, for example, Figs. 1, 2, 3, 4 and others, these metal channels overlap the metal plates ,to the extent of concealing the nails. whichsecure the plates to the wood frame of thedoor, For example, I provide a metal channel 46 whichextends along the: upright margin of the stile member l l and overlaps the sheet metal plates which are secured thereto by the nails 30. This channel member grippingly engages such metal plates. It conceals the nails 30. It may be adjusted toward or away from the edge of the door to increase or reduce the overall width of the door.

The wood frame. itself may therefore be cut somewhat undersize. It might even be left rough on the margin 'as indicated at 45 in Fig. 6. Such wood stile l4. projects beyond the edges of the metal sheets as described in the paragraph immediately preceding and -mayfthere'fr ire be cutoff downto margin ofthe metal plates to reduce the width. of the doo'rif suohis desirable. may be driven intothe edgeof the stile 14 to such a distance as to. support the metalchannel 46 at the desiredspaced distance from the edge of the door so that the door will exhibit the required width to fit the door opening. It is customary practicein the. manufacture of conventional doors. to. provide wood .docrs somewhat oversize in dias n s e" wa we. v ase' r rh a t e These metal sheets are preferably thin sheet aluminum which are of Nails 48 and 9.

door is hung so that the door will fit the door opening. These openings vary somewhat in size even though designed to be of a certain definite dimension.

I provide a metal channel member 50 received over the upright margin of the stile I2 as shown in the figures of the drawing. This metal chan-' nel member 50 is likewise formed to grip the opposite sides of the door. It also overlaps the metal sheets and-covers the nail heads. It, too, may be adjusted if desired. These two metal channel members may preferably have the ends of their bottom wall bent inwardly as shown at 52 in Fig. 9 over the end margins of the door frame and received underneath the end channels which are received over the top and bottom ends of the door- An endchannel 54 is received over the top of the door as shown particularly in Figs. 1, 3, 5 This channel will be formed of suitable sheet metal so as to grippingly engage opposite sidesrof the doo r and conceal the nails whereby the metal sheets 40 and 42 are secured to the header member IS. The channel also of course covers the heads of the nails 25 as shown in This metal channel as well as the other Fig. 5. metal channels herein described may beformed of thin sheet aluminum or other suitable material.

This metal channel may of course be adjusted I up Or down so as to provide the proper height for the door, If desired, nails corresponding to the positioning nails 48 shown in, Fig. 6 may be employed. A bottommargin channel 56. is provided to be received over the bottom margin of the door. This marginal.channelalsois adapted to grip opposite sides of the door andto retain-its position thereon. It is likewise of a size to cover the securing nails Si! and to be capable of limited adjustment as is the top channel.

In order. to provide a door structure whieh is completely weather resistant the wood framin-g may be treated i h i ture r i tant-.mater rials which are conventional and caulking comp nd of n u b h rac e ma be read... as alayer over the wood framing where,the, or am e...

metal sheets come. together, Fig. 5, a layer of caulking compound isg-indida ver th J nt-b tween h rbottomo the header member [3 and the stile member [4 It is noted that. inFig. 5 the viewis alonga line h h s r sha d ced endwi th port on... of the header l8 andtheheader plates. 49 and 42;; abut the ends of; the stile. metal plates32 and 34 over the layer of caulking. material 60. Such caulking compound may beemployed wherever desired underneath; the, sheet metalplfitBs at abutting joints to protect the wood framingathath is underneath; from possible attack .of moisture entering at the joints,

In Fig. '7 there is showna steel..chann-el..62 received over one margin of the stile-i4; underneath the aluminum platesBZand 3 5. which steel.- channel 62;; is to strengthen and reinforce-the... stiles at the. intermediate. pointwherethedoor. lock is fitted. therein. Notethe dotted. outline in Fig. 1 of these steel channels.62.:

In Fig. 8 therevisillustrated atypenofhinge which is different from that. shown-inFig. 1'.

The hinge structure shown in Fig. l is a leaf hinge such as appears more .in' detail inFig. 4.. One leaf of the hinge overlaps the outer face of the... stile as at 64 While in Fig. 8 the hinge isa completely concealed hinge and the two leaves thereof m e h ween .t ee seof the- .door-a e. OP-J bh s vent on has nqthingto do with the door hinges which are conventional. In Fig. 8, however, there is shown a strip or shimlike piece 66 which may be placed along the edge of the stile underneath the channel 50 to space such channel outwardly from the margin of the door and through which shim 66 a screw may be passed to secure the hinge leaf to the door.

The door illustrated is shown as provided with sash openings. In Fig. i. there is shown upper and lower sash openings separated by a cross frame member 20 illustrated in Fig. 3. The margins of these sash openings are provided with metal channels received thereover and received over the edges of the wood frame members and the metal sheets secured thereto. In Fig. 3 the cross frame member 251 is shown as covered by two complementary metal channel members 68 and which are shaped to be received over the wood frame 20 and to e .me into abutting relationship as shown in Fig. 3. These metal channels may be formed as hereinabove described so that they will grippingly embrace the opposite sides of the frame piece Each metal channel is so shaped as to exhibit a lip 12 which lip projects into the sash opening and acts as a sash stop.

Metal channels are also received over the other margins which define the sash opening. For example, metal channels it and are received over the margins of the frame stile members It and 12 as shown in Fig. 4. Each of these metal channels 14 and i6 is so formed as to exhibit a sash stop lip l2 as hereinabove described. Each of these metal channel members is so formed as to overlap the metal plates on opposite sides of the stile and cover the nail heads and is so formed as to grippingly engage opposite sides of the door to maintain their position. If desired, one or more of these metal channels may be adjusted to vary the dimension of the sash opening. A metal channel 38 is received over the lower margin of the header frame member I8 as shown particularly in Fig. 3 and this metal channel member is also provided with an integrally formed projecting lip l2 which serves as a sash stop as shown in Fig. 3. The bottom margin of the lower sash opening is likewise provided with a metal channel of a similar character to those heretofore described and which is indicated by the numeral 80 in Fig. 1.

Suitable sash, either screen or window sash, may be mounted in the sash openings. In the figures of the drawing a window sash is shown as therein mounted and a sash 82 provided with a window pane is shown as mounted in the upper opening in Fig. 1 and sash 84 provided with a window pane is shown mounted in the lower opening. Each sash opening is shown as provided along its top with a flanged member 86 which may be riveted or otherwise secured to the channel member upon which it rests as shown in Fig. 3. This is for the purpose of providing a recess within which the top rail of the sash is received to hold the sash in place. At the bottom nails 88 or the like may be provided as shown in Figs. 3 and 4. The heads of these nails may be fiatted as shown in Fig. 4 to engage the bottom rail of the sash to hold the sash in place.

What I claim is:

1. A door comprising a wood frame having two upright wood stiles secured in spaced apart relationship by wood cross frame members including a top and a bottom frame member with ends abutting and contacting the upright stiles, separate planar metal sheets covering opposite sides of the wood frame, securing means extending transversely through the metal sheets into the wood frame fastening the sheets thereto and headed against the outside of said sheets, said securing means being arranged along the margins of the sheets spaced therefrom, said metal sheets terminating spaced from the outer margins of the stiles and from the outer margins of the top and bottom cross frame members leaving the marginal portions of the wood frame exposed on both sides beyond the margins of the sheets, metal channel received over each outer marginal portion of the wood frame extending across the exposed wood portion of the wood frame, the opposed walls of said channel grippingly engaging the metal sheets and overlying said securing means, each channel having side walls of a width in excess of the distancefrom the heads of said securing means to the adjacent margin of the wood frame, whereby each channel is adjustable inwardly and outwardly with respect to the margin of the wood frame while maintaining a position overlying and abutting the heads of said securing means.

2. A door comprising a frame having two upright Wood stiles secured in spaced apart relationship by cross frame members including top and bottom wood frame members, certain portions of said stiles and cross frame members defining a sash opening, metal sheets covering opposite sides of the expanse of the door frame with the exception of the sash opening, nails disposed in line and securing the metal sheets along their outer margins and along the margins of the sash opening to the wood frame, said metal sheets terminating spaced from the outer edges of the stiles and from the outer edges of the top and bottom cross frame members leaving the Wood frame edge portions exposed on both sides beyond the margins of the metal sheets, a metal channel received over each outer edge portion of the door frame extending across the exposed edge portion of the wood frame beyond the metal sheets and grippingly engaging the metal sheets along a line inwardly of said nails, said channel being grippingly adjustable inwardly and outwardly with respect to the wood frame, a metal channel received over each edge portion of the wood frame bounding the sash opening, said channel grippingly engaging the metal sheets along a line outwardly of the line of nails and adjustable inwardly and outwardly with respect to the wood frame, said last named channels each provided with a flange projecting in line with one side wall of the channel into the sash opening.

JOSEPH SYLVAN.

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